Backpack Aus

Inside tip · Canberra (ACT)

Which ceremony is held every afternoon at the Australian War Memorial?

Answer: The Last Post

Held daily at 4.30pm, each ceremony tells the story behind one name on the Roll of Honour.

Daily 4.30pm · Commemorative Courtyard

It opens with the national anthem and a piper's lament, includes a wreath-laying beside the Pool of Reflection, and ends with the Ode and the Last Post. Arrive early.

Learn about Oz, the fun way

Lap New South Wales & the ACT in The Big Lap, a free quiz game full of the inside secrets of Oz.

Play here

More Canberra (ACT) tips